The hard slog is actually the good slog. It is nearly always the tough periods in life, that hone us and shape us; we are defined and provoked by the negative and not the positive. So “how” will we choose to walk through our valley’s in the shadows of death; when we stumble and error (as we surely will), will we fall forwards into shame or lean backwards into grace?

That is why I consider it such a joy (although an incredibly painful one) to have walked these “apparently” unsuccessful steps in my filmmaking journey thus far. These faltering steps have left me worn out and broke: but they have also caused me to fall back onto a rock of faith and hope. Although I am poor in person, I have never felt so rich in my entire life.